Paper doll



R. E. NEWTON.

PAPER DOLL.

APPLiCATION FILED AUG=3,192\.

1 AS6157 1 Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

//7 en/0r Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

TED STATES} PATENT RUTH'IE. NEWTON, OI? ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CAMPBELL ART COMPANY, OF ELIZAIBETH, NEW' JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER DOLL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUTH E. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new useful Improvements in Paper Dolls, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cut-out paper dolls, and is illustrated in the form of a greeting card, although it isalso useful for advertising cards and other purposes.

Cut-out dolls, parts of greeting cards and other cards, have usually been made by printing the dress portions as well as the lineaments ot the doll,

extend out from the skirt.

so that the attractiveness consisted mainly in the design of the doll and dress.

The principal object of the invention is to devise an inexpensive simply made card, doll or figure 0t striking appearance, capable of a variety of uses, and to enhance the appearance of dolls of this nature, this being efiected by providing the cut-out doll with a paper dress of improved construction and application.

The invention provides a novel method of preparing miniature figures and applying thereto apparently real skirts and other articles of apparel, such as capes, scarfs, collars, hats and parasols. These figures may be specially prepared for thepurpose, and may be reproductions of models or of designs. These reproductions may be made on either paper or card-board, and in some cases portions thereof may be produced in clay, plaster, bisque, metal or other suitable material. I

Heretofore the operation of attaching to card or paper dolls certain materials 'to represent wearing apparel, has been expensive and laborious. An objectof the present invention is to facilitate, simplify and reduce the cost of making and applying such ap The novel parel', and make itseem real. method involves makingthe miniature figure in parts. If the article to beapplied is in the nature of a skirt, one part of the figure may consist ofthe head and body, while the other part may consist of the lower limbs and a portion of the body. There is an overlapping arrangement of these parts. The skirt or other article of adornment is out out or stamped in quantiespecially those forming ties, by means of dies, from the desired materials, the dies giving the article the required shape. The flat skirt is then applied I toone of the parts of the figure. Then the figure is completed by attaching the second partto the first part. By proceeding in this manner, it will be seen that the parently encircles the figure, over one of these body parts and under the other 0ne,so as to give the appearance of actual wearing apparel. This effect is enhanced by having the upper part of the figure overlap the lower part, or extend down partly over the skirt, said upper part ending at the waistline, so that the waistappears to The same method can also be adopted forapplying a collar, in which case the head part will be made separately from the upper body, and then the collar may be stamped out and applied to the body above the shoulders, whereupon the head and neck said upper body portion, so that the collar will' encircle the neck, part of the collar passing behind the head of the figure. A similar method may be employed for capes and scarfs, etc. It is believed to be novel to encircle the card or figure with wearing ap-' parel.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

"Figure l is an elevation of one form of dollembodying the present improvements.

Figure'2 is an edge elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the doll.

Figure {1 shows the upper body portion of the doll. I

Figure 5 shows the lower body portion with the skirt attached thereto. 1

Figure 6 shows the skirt and underskirt.

Figure 7 shows the lower body portion. The dress consists preferably of a skirt A, which is preferably in the form of a ballet dancers skirt. There may also be an unkilerskirt B, both skirts made oipaper, the outer'skirt being colored and the underskirt preferably white. In order to produce the dolls inexpensively, and at the same time make them attractive, the skirts A and B may be made of creped tissue paper, thus giving them a similarity to being placed cloth skirts. In place of hanging'the skirt flat skirt apportion may be applied to in the usual form of a bell upon the doll, the skirt is preferably made in the form of a disk, which is hun upon the doll at or above the waist-line (j. The skirt is transpierced by the doll. The piercing line G is located at the top of the skirt, i. e., at the waist of the doll. The lower edge or portion of the skirt flares downwardly in front of the lower portion D of the doll, and upwardly in rear of the upper portion E of the doll, to give a ballet skirt'effect, with inexpensive paper.

In order to construct the doll, it is made of the two parts I) and E, divided at about the waist-line C. The lower part B terminates at its upper end above the waist-line in a tab or tongue 1 which is relatively narrow and, upon this tab are slipped the skirts A and B, which have central perforations or slits G large enough to enable them to be placed upon the tab. The slit G is only long enough to enable the skirt to he slipped upon the tab and down against the broader main portion of the doll at H.

The skirt having been attached, the upper portion E of the doll body is pasted upon the tab at J, this entire upper portion E being in front of the upwardlyfiaring portion of the skirts A and B.

The doll may stand upon a base portion 1: of the card, and the latter may have pasted to the back thereof a foot L, which may be opened out to enable the doll to be stood upon a mantel or table.

The invention is not limited to paper or other cut-out dolls, so long as each doll is made of separate parts, preferably the upper of which overlaps the front of the lower; the skirt, cape, collar or other article being applied to one of said parts before attaching the two parts together.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A cut-out paper doll provided with a I flat disk-like skirt of the ballet type transpierced by the doll, the piercing line being at the top of the skirt, and the bottom of the skirt flaring both in front of the lower part of the doll and in rear of the upper part of the doll.

2. A cut-out paper doll provided with a flat disk-like skirt of the ballet type transpierced by the doll, the piercing line being at the top of the skirt, and the bottom of the skirt flaring both in front of the lower part of the doll and in rear of theupper part of the doll, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waist-line, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and. in rear of the upper part.

3. A cut-out paper doll provided with a flat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at the waist-line said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waist-line, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed.

at. A cut'out paper doll provided with a flat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at the waistline, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waistline, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed, the upper part of the doll being also attached to said tab.

5. A cut-out paper doll provided with a fiat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at-the waist-line, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waistline, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the'skirt is placed, the skirt having a perforation or slit through which the tab extends.

6. A cut-out paper dollprovided with a fiat-disk-li'ke skirt hung upon the doll at the waist-line, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waistline, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed,the upper part of the doll being also attached to said tab, the skirt having a perforation or slit through which the tab extends, said upper part attached above the skirt to said tab.

7. A cut-out paper doll provided with a fiat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at the waist-line, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waist-line, the skirt being placed in front of the" lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed, the upper part of the body being attached to said tab.

8. A cut-0ut paper doll provided with a flat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at the waistline, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waistline, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed, the upper part of the body being attached to said tab, above the point where the skirt is attached 'to the tab.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a crepe paper disk to form a ballet skirt for a cut-out paper doll, said disk having a central slit or perforation for attachment of the skirt upon the doll said slit being at the top of the skirt, and the bottom or edge of the skirt flaring upwardly and downwardly from said slit.

10. A cut-.out paper doll comprising an upper portion extending down to the waistline and a lower portion behind said upper portion and having a tab whereby it is attached to the waist-line.

11. A cut-out paper doll comprising an upper portion extending down to the waistline and a lower portion behind said upper portion and having a tab whereby it is attached to the upper portion above the waistline, and an attached ballet skirt intervening between said portions, said skirt being transpierced by the doll, the piercing line being at the top of the skirt, and the bottom of the skirt flaring both in front of the lower part of the doll and in rear of the upper part of the doll.

12. A cut-out paper doll comprising an upper portion extending down to the waistline and a lower portion behind said upper upper portion above the portion and having a tab whereby it is attached to the upper portion above the waistline, and a skirt caught upon said tab, said upper portion being front of the skirt.

18. A cut-out paper doll provided with a Hat disk-like skirt hung upon the doll at the waist-line, said doll formed of upper and lower parts attached at about the waistline, the skirt being placed in front of the lower part and in rear of the upper part, the lower part terminating at its upper end in a tab upon which the skirt is placed,

attached to said tab in and a second paper disk placed on said tab under the first skirt to form an underskirt.

14. A paper doll having upper and lower portions which overlap at about the waistline, said pierced by the doll and passing between said overlapping portions and flaring both down in front of the lower portion and up in rear of the upper portion.

15. The method of making a dressed miniature figure, comprising forming the figure in two overlapping parts, with a tab tongue or projection upon one of said parts, applying an article. of apparel upon said tongue or projection, and attaching the other of said parts to said projection.

16. The method of producing a dressed paper or card doll, comprising makin the body in two overlapping portions, with a tab or projection upon one of said portions, slitting an article of wearing apparel, inserting said tab or projection through the slit, and then attaching the other of said portions to said tab or projection.

17. The method of producing a dressed paper or card doll, comprising making the body in two overlapping portions, with a tab or projection upon one of said portions;

forming a flat paper skirt with a slit, in-

projection through the slit in the skirt, and attaching the other part of said body to said tab or projection.

RUTH E. NEWTON.

serting the tab or Witnesses CHAS. J. Wns'r ELIZABETH B. MANLEY.

doll encircled by a flat skirt trans- 

